jesus kylotan, you''re dead on, who do we meet (in the programming business) that we can actualy say "this guy likes coding". Its getting harder to see people that are actually interested in programming. I work as a DataBase programmer, so that i can eat, but what i love is games programming, and my coworkers all program because they literally have to...
They don''t actually dig into the help system to find other ways of doing stuff...

More in regard to this post:
I suggest buying LaMothe''s "Tricks of the windows game programming Gurus", and then, when you know enough about directx initialization, and DSound and DInput, switch to NeHe''s OpenGL tuts, with this you''ll be able to code a pong in about 1-2 months tops, using 3D squares and a spheric ball...
From then on, just learn how to load 3D models in OpenGL,
use the ASC/ASE file format exported from 3D studio, do some sounds, levels, and you''re set for fame and posterity...

Anyway, good luck, and never think you have enough time. Thats mistake number 1.

[Hugo Ferreira][Positronic Dreams][]